I think the hilarious thing is that conservatives still believe the ole fear-and-smear tactics are going to work again this time around, as if they believe the American people are so overwhelmingly stupid that they can't figure out the con-game.
One interesting fact this primary season was that, even when the GOP field was full of candidates, the top vote getter in the Democratic presidential primary often received more votes than most of the Republican candidates combined. And since people are getting wise to the "anything but far-right is liberal" line of manure from "conservatives," the wingnuts aren't even strong enough to get a single one of their candidates to the finish line. None.
So far, the "conservative" pundits have raged about McSame being the nominee, calling him a "liberal" (as if that is some bad word to anyone BUT the far Right) and yet continue to be incapable of coming up with anything more than the Rovian namecalling made so famous during the Bush campaign years. Add that to the reality that McSame was tossed under the bus eight years ago by Republicans infatuated by every con game manufactured by the Bush campaign, and there ain't gonna be much trust in any Republican candidate.
How is it playing in the country? Well, just last week the Republicans lost another congressional seat, this time in Dennis Hastart's district, an area which was redrawn especially to protect an overwhelmingly Republican voting base and keep the GOP in office. How did they lose it? They ran another crazy-ass wingnut who tried the same tired fear-and-smear routine.
